PERSONAL

Southland Times, Issue 24840, 4 September 1942, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr Samuel Ritchie, of Christchurch, has been reappointed Conciliation Commissioner, according to a notice in last night’s Gazette.—P.A. 2nd Lieutenant J. L. Hazlett will leave Dunedin today for a northern camp to take a special instructional camp.

Mr M. J. Farrell, manager of the Titiroa Dairy Factory, was congratulated by the chairman of directors (Mr D. C. Livingston) at the annual meeting of the company on winning the championship at the Otago Winter Show for the second year in succession.

Warrant Officer (H) L. H. Wills, of Invercargill, will leave Dunedin tomorrow to begin an infantry O.C.T.U. course at a northern camp. Warrant Officer Wills served in Greece and Libya. The New Zealand territorial leader of the Salvation Army, Commissioner J. Evan Smith, visited Gore yesterday. He was given a civic reception during the afternoon by the Mayor, Mr W. D. Shelton,' and in the evening he conducted a public service in the Salvation Army Hall. Commissioner Smith, who is accompanied by Mrs Smith and Brigadier H. Goffin and Mrs Goffin, divisional commanders, will leave Gore for Dunedin this morning. Lieutenant Harold Francis Bollard,, of Wellington, who was reported missing in an Air Force plane last. week, is secretary of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association. He is a barrister and solicitor and took over the secretaryship of the association when his partner, Mr H. N. Burns, the former secretary, went overseas on military service. Mr Burns has since been reported a prisoner of war. Lieutenant Bollard is a son of the late Hon. R. F. Bollard, a Minister in the Massey Government.

Sergeant Leonard Insall, R.N.Z.A.F., who was killed in an aircraft accident in Canada, was the youngest son of Mr and Mrs A. Insall, Princess street. Sergeant Insall was a pupil of the South school and the Southland Technical College, and on leaving school was employed by Mackerras and Hazlett, Ltd., and later by his brother, Mr F. Insall, Otautau. Sergeant Insall was well known in sport, having been a member of the Appleby Cricket Club, the Pirates Football Club and the Collegiate Tennis Club. Advice has been received by Mr and Mrs R. L. Pettitt, of Dunedin, that their son, I. A. Pettitt, who has been training at an Air Force school in Canada, has been granted his wings and a commission. Pilot Officer Pettitt, who received his secondary education at the Southland Technical School, is 20 years of age. Before going overseas he was a member of the staff of the Chief Post Office, Dunedin. At a meeting of the Wallace County Council at Otautau Cr A. Gould’s resignation was received with regret and a motion of appreciation of his services was passed. In accordance with the regulations an election is not necessary, and the appointment of a successor will be made at the next meeting.

Mr A. E. McKinnon has been appointed secretary of the Education Department as a result of the retirement on superannuation of Mr A. J. H. Benge. He joined the department in 1914. He enlisted for war service in 1917 and returned to the department in 1919. Later he was appointed senior clerk in the accounts branch and in 1935 was appointed inspecting accountant, afterwards accountant and secretary of the Teachers’ Superannuation Board.—P.A. A Gazette notice published last night states that the following have been appointed members of the Dairy Factory Managers’ Registration Board: Messrs W. E. Scott (New Zealand Dairy Board), J. McK. McDonald (dairy factory managers), Professor William Riddet (Massey College) and M. Valentine (Department of Agriculture).—P.A.

The death has occurred of Mr John Vigor Brown, a former Mayor of Napier, and member of Parliament for Napier from 1908 to 1922. Mr Brown, who was aged 88, came to New Zealand in 1875, and was associated with Wellington and Napier merchants, founding the firm of J. Vigor Brown and Company. He served on many Napier public bodies, and was Mayor of Napier from 1907 to 1917, from 1919 to 1921, and from 1929 to 1933. Mr Brown helped to organize the rebuilding and rehabilitation of Napier after the earthquake of 1931.